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I've done a couple of Camino's now during the winter (Feb and early Mar) and I use a Jungle sleeping bag. It's a 2 season bag rated between +7 and +2 but with a liner, if needed, gives it an added season. I find this plenty warm, even when I stayed a night in a stone built Albergue without...
This is what works for me and I very rarely get a blister. The idea is to prevent friction. My own method is to use a very thin liner sock, now that I've got a bit to spend I use silk ones, before it was a cotton mix. The company I use today is Silkbody from New Zealand. I'm sure there are...
Another vote for poles here! I'm an ex para with 12 screws in the right hip and only 50% of movement in my right foot. To use any aid isn't in my nature, but when I started using the poles they made it easier. My first Camino was in 2017 in Feb on the Norte, I was carrying too much weight (17...
Phil, take them you'll not regret it. I didn't use them on the start of the Ingles but after a while on the first stage I got them out. They give me a rhythm and help me to focus on that rhythm apart from working out the body's top half. They're also useful to fend off any unwanted animals...
I've done a couple of Caminos now and I'll always take my hiking poles with me on any future ones. I'm a big fan of them. It's all been covered their advantages and I had read before using them that they save you 10% of energy. On my first Camino they were a God send and saved me a couple of...
Hi, I believe you'll be alright with that bag. I've just returned from the Ingles and I took with me a Snugpak jungle bag with a warm rating of +7 to +2. I don't mind being cold during the day, which it was with an average temperature over 4 days being 0 degrees in the mornings, but I like to...
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I started the Northern route from Irun in early Feb and it rained a lot and I was constantly wet for the first 5 days. Although it was wet it wasn't really cold and didn't drop below 3 degrees but remember while walking you're generating heat. This section of the Camino and on the...
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I did the Northern route in Feb this year (2017) and took with me a -10 degree sleeping bag. I wish I didn't. I'm doing the Ingles route this coming Jan/Feb and I'm taking a jungle sleeping bag and liner. If I need to sleep outside I've got a emergency bivi bag which is the size of a...
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